Biethod of making stockings



S. B. RAINS.

METHOD OF MAKING STOCKINGS. APPLICATION FILED IAN-19, 192x.

' 1,417,347. Pate ted May 23,1922.

INVENTOR WITNESSES SEE/2m A ITORNEYS PATENT OFFICE.

SOLOMON B. RAINS, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

7 METHOD OF MAKING STOCKINGS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 23, 1922.

Application filed January 19, 1921. Serial No. 438,492.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SOLOMON B. RAINs, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Method of Making Stockings, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in stockings and it pertains more particularly to a new and improved method for cutting stockings from fabric material.

It is one of the objects of the invention to provide a new and novel method of cutting stockings from fabric, which method eliminates certain of the operations at present employed.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a new and novel method of cutting stockings from fabric in such a manner that certain of the parts forming the stocking as at present constructed, are eliminated.

With the above and other objects in view, reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a stocking constructed in accordance with the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the blank from which the present invention is made;

Fig. 3 is a detail plan view of one of the heel members of the stocking;

Fig. i is a plan view of the tipor toe section of the stocking.

In making a stocking in accordance with my invention, which stocking is depicted in Fig. 1, I cut a blank from fabric, which fabric is designated by the reference character 30. This blank is formed on its side edges at opposite points, with heel sections 31, and the end of the blank is curved as indicated by the reference character 82, forming two sections 33 and 34:. After the blank has been thus cut, sections such as indicated in Fig. 3 by the reference character 35, are secured to the stocking as indicated by the seam 36 in Fig. 1, it being necessary to employ two of such sections, one on either side of the blank. A double toe section, such as indicated by the reference character 37 in Fig. 4, is now secured to the front portion of the foot of the stocking, as indicated by the seam 38 in Fig. 1, thus providing the foot of the stocking with a double reinforced toe and heel.

After the sections 35 and 37 have been sewn as above describechthe blank is folded upon the line B, the side edges of the blank being brought together and sewed one to the other. By this construction, the seam formed by the meeting of the side edges e3:- tends along the bottom of the foot instead of at the sides.

In carrying out the invention, it is nece-- sary to employ only two heel sections 35 and one tip section 37.

From the foregoing, it will be apparent that by employment of my new and improved method as outlined herein, the cost of manufacturin stockings from fabric material in addition to being greatly reduced by the elimination of certain operations, is further reduced by the smaller amount of material used and the minimum amount of waste owing to the manner in which the ma terial is cut.

I claim:

A stocking formed from a single blank of material cut to provide oppositely dis aosed heel sections and toe sections, said lank being folded along a central line to form a stocking in such a manner that the seam falls on the bottom of the foot and on the back of the leg portion of the stocking, and reinforcing elements secured to the stocking at the heel 2111C toe sections, the reinforcing ele ment at the toe section being formed of a single piece of material, one of the edges of which is scalloped to provide two wings, a portion of each of said wings forming a reinforcement for the top of the foot portion and a portion of each of said wings forming a reinforcement for the bottom of the foot portion, the scalloped edge of said reinforcing element being adapted to register with the seam of the stocking at the toe portion thereof and being secured to the stocking throughout its marginal edge, and. the reinforcement at the heel section being a plurality of separate pieces of material secured to the stocking throughout the marginal edges of said separate pieces.

SOLOMON B. RATNS. 

